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2007-2008, Grandot's Blog

This blog is now dedicated to the memory of Dorothy Cochrane by her elder daughter, Scottie. I started it for her in the summer of 2007. Mom turned 90 on June 30, 2008, reaching her last big goal. She fell on July 3rd and suffered a brain injury that took her peacefully away on July 6th, surrounded by her children. I will continue the blog as a way of keeping in touch with friends and family who enrich our lives every day, but are dispersed to the four corners.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Delphi, where the Oracle prophesied in the Temple of Apollo, June 1, 2008


Model of Delphi in its prime. Temple of Apollo in the center with the city-state treasuries surrounding it.

Charioteer

Hadrian's boyfriend, Antinoos, a gorgeous Greek boy




Delphi's fine museum features this Sphinx.


up the hill from the Athens Treasury

Temple of Apollo, where the Oracle breathed "medicinal" smoke from laurel & bay leaves before feeling faint and giving out prophecies.


Reconstructed Athens Treasury where loot was stored to pay for the very expensive prophecies from the Oracle. All the major city-states had treasuries at Delphi.

Gymnasium (meaning exercise training in the nude!) ruins down hill from the Oracle's home


Arachova half way up the mountain - now a major ski resort

Mountains begin beyond the ancient (now modern) city of Thebes.
Posted by Lynn Scott (Scottie) Cochrane at 4:07 PM

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